Milk-bottle holder



R. J. SIMS MILK BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Nov.

Dec. 16, 1930.

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' RICHARD J. SIMS, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA MILK-IBOTTLE HOLDERApplication filed November 1, 1927. Serial No. 230,309.

This present invention relates to new and useful improvements in amilkbottle holder and has for itsprimary object the provision of adevice of simple and inexpensive con struction which may be readilymanufactured at small cost and retailed at a popular price with goodprofit. Y

Another object of the invention resides in theprovision of a device ofthe character stated which iscomposed'of the minimum number of parts,may be readilyand firmly mounted on a wall, a door frame or otherstationarysupport, or-removed, as desired.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision ofa deviceofthe character stated which is of such a construction that the milkbottle may be readily placed therein or withdrawn, Without the necessityof employing the second hand to raise the cover or close the latter. v vi A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of adevice of the character stated which is provided with curved orinc-lined lips on the bottle receivingpockets and the cover, toassureautomatic raising of the latter as the bottle is inserted and easymovement of the bottle into position in the pocket, after which thecover returns by gravity to closed position over the bottle.

The invention has fora still further object, theprovision of a device-ofthe character stated which includes a cover mounted in such a manner asto be limited in its movement toward open position and thus preventedfrom remaining open, after a bottle has been seated in its pocket, thecover also being of such form as to completely close or cover over allof the bottle receiving pockets as well as the ticket or coin pocket,when the cover is in closed position.

To the accomplishment of these and related objects, as will becomeapparent as the de scription proceeds, in invention resides in theconstruction, com ination and arrangement of parts as shall behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

The invention will be best understood and can be more clearly describedwhen reference is had to the drawings forming a part of this disclosure,wherein like characters indicate like parts. throughout the severalviews.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan of the milk bottle holder;

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof;

Figure 8 is a longitudinal vertical section through theholder with amilk bottle indicated by dotted lines, in each ofthe bottle receivingpockets. thereof.

Figure 4: is a side elevation of the holder, with the cover shown inraised or open position.

Referring more in detail to the drawin s, it is to be noted that thestructure of the device includes a bracketvi-ded on its upper edge theupstanding lugs or fingers 12 with openings 13 therethrough toaccommodate securing or attaching members for firmly holding the devicein position on a wall, door frame or other stationary support. Ifpreferred, however, the device may be simply hung on projectingsupporting members extending through the inverted key-slots 15 providedin the enlarged or thick upper portions 14 of the lugs or fingers 12. Itis apparent that when both means are employed for attaching the bracketplate 11, they will co-operate in holding the device firmly in positionand the strain will be divided between said means.

Extending outwardly from the bracket plate 11, at a right angle and in ahorizontal plane, is-the plate 16 forming the body of the device. Thebody plate 16 connects with the bracket plate 11, by means of a pair oflongitudinally slotted arms 17, near the o F posite sides or ends of thedevice. The body plate is depressed at its opposite sides or ends andshaped to form a pair of depending milk bottle receiving pockets 18,open at both the top and-bottom and also having open forward sides 19with inclined and curved flanges 20 at the upper corners of said openforward sides 19, to permit a milk bottle to be inserted in the pocketwithout difficulty. It is also to be seen from the drawings, that thepockets are of proper size and shape to permit the neck of the bottlesto extend throughthe open bottom ofthe pockets while plate 11 havingprothe bottles are suspended in the pockets 18 with their enlarged,rounded upper ends resting on the inwardly turned and inclined bottomwalls 21 of said pockets 18. The body plate 16 is further provided witha depressed central portion forming a ticket or coin pocket 22, which iscurved upwardly from its centerto the forward and rear edges of the bodyplate 16, while the side or end walls 28 are vertical. Appropriate drainopenings 24 are provided in the curved bottom wall of the ticket or coinpocket 22.

A single, fiat cover 25 is provided for the entire body and when inclosed position, and close the ticket or coin pocket 22, as well as bothof the milk bottle pockets 18, the depending curved or arcuate flanges26 at the ends of the cover 25, fitting againstthe outer faces of themilk bottle pockets 18. Upwardly offset lips 27 are formed on the cover25 at the forward edge thereof and opposite the pockets 18, with thelips 27 connecting with the main portion of the cover 25, by means ofinclined walls 28, which latter are engaged by a milk bottle and the topor cover 25 thus automatically raised by the bottle, without thenecessity of employing the other hand or any other means for raising thecover 25. This construction of cover 25, also permits removal of themilk bottles from the pockets 18, by simply tilting the bottles anddrawing them forward, through the open forward side of the pockets 18,the cover 25, again being automatically raised by the top of'the bottleor bottles. A small lip 29 projects from the centre of the forward edgeof the cover 25 for finger of the operator to engagement by thesufficiently to gain access raise the cover 25 to the ticket or coinpocket 22. The hinge for the cover 25 consists of a pair of rearwardlydirected ribs or fingers 30 on the upper face of the cover 25 and havingdownturned rear ends 31 engaged in the slotted arms 17 and working onthe transverse hinge pins 32 engaged therethrough. The upward swingingmovement of the cover 25 is limited by engagement of the ribs or fingers30 with the enlarged or thick upper portions 14 of the lugs or fingers12, before the cover 25 reaches a vertical position or passes a deadcenter, thus assuring automatic closing of the cover 25, when pressureagainst the under side thereof is relieved, as by seating of a bottle inone of the pockets 18 or complete removal of the bottle.

As the construction of the device has thus been described in detail,brief reference is now had to lts use and m-odus operand1: The dev1ce issecured 1n posltlon on a permanent support, as described and the cover25 normally remains in closed position. To insert a milk bottle in oneof the pockets 18, it is simply necessary to engage the top of the theinclined wall 28 of the cover, over the pocket 18. Then, as the bottleis moved into position in the pocket 18, the cover 25 raises to permitthe bottle to pass and again returns to closed position as the bottlecomes to rest in the pocket 18, the bottle being suspended on the bottomwall 21 of the pocket 18 and depending therefrom in a vertical plane. Toremove the bottle, it is simply necessary to tilt the same, to raise theforward portion of the top thereof and thus permit the enlarged top ofthe bottle to pass over the lips 20, while the cover 25 is raised by thebottle and the'latter is drawn forwardly and upwardly. At any timedesired, the cover 25 may be raised to place tickets or coins in thepocket 22 or remove the contents of said pocket 22, without disturbingthe pockets 18 or bottles therein.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be manifest that a milk bottle holder is provided thatwill fulfill all the necessary requirements of such a device, but asmany changes could be made in the above description and many apparentlywidely different embodiments of my invention constructed within thescope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or scopethere of, it is intended that all matters contained in the saidaccompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limited sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is As a new article of manufacture, a holderincluding a one piece body constructed to provide a depending pocketopen at its front side and having a bottom inturned flange inclined onits inner edges only; the material at the corners of the said pocketbeing turned out to form arcuate inturned flanges; the said body havinga perforated arcuate depressed portion; and a cover hinged on said bodyto simultaneously close said pocket and the said arcuate depressedportion of the body; said cover having an upwardly offset portion at itsouter edge over and projecting past the open front side of the saidpocket.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my RICHARD J. SIMS. [Ls]signature.

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